Enigma Lake
| Enigma Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 174 m | |
| length | 1 km | |
| width | 450 m | |
The Enigma Lake ( English for enigmatic lake ) is a 1000 m long and 450 m wide lake on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Northern Foothills , it is 5 km east of Mount Abbott and 3.5 km southwest of Mario Zucchelli Station on the shores of Terra Nova Bay at an altitude of 174 m .
The New Zealand glaciologist Trevor J. H. Chinn (* 1937) discovered and named it in the course of GANOVEX IV (1984–1985). It is named after a puzzling sediment area on the ice in the center of the lake.
Web links
- Enigma Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)